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CNET News: Microsoft Confirms Supercomputing Plans

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Stephen Shankland
Jun 24, 2004

“Microsoft will sell a version of Windows for high-performance
computing–a niche in which rival Linux is blossoming–with a first
version planned for the second half of 2005.

“As first reported by CNET News.com, the Windows Server 2003 HPC
Edition will include features for running windows on clusters of
machines interconnected by a high-speed network to form a single
computing resource, Microsoft said in a statement Wednesday…”


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